Plaza Italia area: Fuente Alemana, next to KFC, is a must for sandwiches (open mon-sat up to 11pm). Valle de Oro, at the corner of Portugal and Alameda, is a must for pizzas. (open mon-sun) or “La Hacienda” at the corner of Carbineros de Chile and Vicuna Mackenna

·Downtown’s “Adobes de Argomedo” has a great folk show and great food. Easteries around Plaza de Armas have a wide variety of cheap and simple food. The outdoor cafe in the plaza is great for people watching. Watch your valuables. Famous “Cafe con Piernas” is part of Chile kitsch culture (indoors coffee shops were waitresses wear tiny lingerie or topless) Find them in covered alleys bear Ahumada or Huerfanos pedestrian streets. Indian food, the one and only!! Majestic, in downtown

·Mercado Central has 2 main and costly restaurants but there are several good choices of small eateries. Great and tasty seafood and shell fish. Donde Augusto is a must but high prices. Budget great places are Rincon Marino and Pailas Blancas. Near this place look for La Piojera typical dusty bar.

GARLIC, at the corner of Loreto and Dardignac. TORO at the corner of Bellavista and Loreto

·Barrio Brasil's "Los Buenos Muchachos" (great show) and “Ocean Pacific”. Near by, next to Metro Station Union Latinoamericana you will find gothic/techno/80’s pop underground great club “Blondie”

·Bellavista Gay scene includes: trendy club "Bunker" (great on saturdays), "Bokhara" (specially crowded on thu and fri), "Fausto" tue to sun and dark room on wed), and restaurant "Capricho Espanol". Saunas in the same area include famous Bellavista 282. Ask for shows and venues, "Sarita Colonia" is a trendy bar,

·Avenida Suecia's crowded dozens of "happy hour" bars, some live music at "Mr.Ed", "Green Bull")

·Avenida El Bosque and Isidora Goyenechea gather most of business type and up scale restaurants. Also pubs like "TG Fridays", bars like “Hooters", coffe shops "Starbucks", great happy hours at “Publicity”